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I am starting a compatilbity list. I will do my best to updated it as I get more information and as updated apps come in. First off, most all regular apps should work on 3.0. The changes were not that severe for most apps to stop working. So if the app is not in the list, it probably works. What probably does not work are apps that rely on mobile substrate or any sort of springboard patching. These all use undocumented APIs.

Next is to understand why some things are not working *for you* that are listed on the “working” list. Many apps require root access and use a trick that involves the dirname command. This command was not present in some older packages in Saurik’s older repository. Saurik set up a newer version of his repository for 3.0 (which will merge back in to the trunk soon). The point is, many of you may have his older repository instead due to one of these reasons:

1) You used an early Icy without its essential updates that do not fix saurik’s repo.
2) You used apt backup to restore your packages and it restored the old repository.
3) You did not accept some essential updates.
4) Some other thing that I am not aware of. But the cause is most likely failing dirname command.

You can check if you have this issue in Cydia: Load Cydia, wait for it to do its thing then go to manage, sources, then look for Telesphoreo in the list. If you see this line of text *exactly*, you have the new repository “Distribution of Unix Software for iPhoneOS 3″ (this is good!) If you see this line: “Distribution of Unix Software for iPhoneOS” (this is bad) you have the *old* repository.

One more thing. If you install something and get an immediate spinning wheel of death, reboot. Some times mobilesubstrate’s install causes this and after a reboot it will be fine.

Under Winterboard, SMS themes are not working as well.
Statusnotifier works, but the configuration application closes.
xGPS appears to be working.
Insomnia is working (or so it seems) yet the insomnia status icon does not shows (at least to me) will try to reinstall.

SBSettings opens fine for me but whenever I click on the MORE button, the INITIALIZING screen shows up for like 15 seconds and then just crashes to springboard. I’m using a FRESH IPSW file that was created via PWNAGE 3.0 and I’m running on an UNLOCKED 2G iPhone on T-Mobile. I haven’t tried this on my 3G yet.

After updating to 3.0 and jailbreaking with redsnow on windows xp. Afterwards I rediwnloaded several apps from cydia including sbsettings and now my iTunes store app won’t show any thing for download except the things that have their own ad. I have tryed searhing for things in the iTunes store but it still won’t show a list.

So iwas wondering if this had anything to do with what was mentioned above if so has it been fixed.

I am going to try to uninstall sbsettings and then see if iTunes works then.

Thanks for listing let me know if anybody else is having the same issue

I used pwnage to JB my 8gb 3G officially unlocked from Australia (using it in Bangkok, TH though.)

What’s working for me:
- your SBsettings toggle -> autolock, rotation inhibitor, EDGE (There’s an issue there, I’m testing it out: I’m using Google Sync, and if I have “PUSH” on, EDGE connects anyway no matter what, but if I use “FETCH” instead, EDGE seems to stay off.) Oh, and the setting screen works fine for me.

- Intelliscreen works (it’d better as I paid for it ;)

- MySMS works though haven’t tested all the features. I don’t think u can send Pics with it though?

- Winterboard seems to be working fine, but I have played that much with it.

yup .. still the same with edge thingie. got google sync on push, I turn edge off via sbtoggle, edge button turns red, close sbtoggle screen. open it up again, hit refresh now the edge button is green and I got ip address. all this while I have wifi on.

On a somewhat unrelated issue.. Has anyone noticed a difference in battery life after 3.0 upgrade?? like, ie., shorter? Maybe it’s ’cause I keep respringing and rebooting, but I don’t think it should be this bad.

* Installed through cydia (v.5.2p1-8)
* I get a password prompt but after entering the password nothing happens (I’ve waited for almost 1hour now)
* I’ve rebooted and tried switching ssh on and off with sbsettings, and so far no luck.

OK got it. Replace tangelo with tangelo-3.7 in the file I mention above. It says not to edit it but I’d say editing is indeed what we want to do because then when Saurik merges it back, he can do so as part of a package upgrade.

Unfortunately “Springjumps” doesn’t work. More exactly, the App works, but first there are just 9 possible “page-buttons” (not 11, whats possible now in fw 3.0) and second and for me by far worse, the “spring dock” doesn’t work anymore on firmware 3.0, because you can change now the site by tapping on the page dots (by fw 3.0 originally) and because of that, the “spring dock” doesn’t react anymore, when tapping on the dots… I love this app pretty much, especially since the feature “spring dock”, foremost with now 11 possible pages in fw 3.0 it would be pretty usable… I hope this “bug” is gonna be fixed as soon as possible… :-)
Thanx a lot for your help.

after installing some apps from cydia like openssh it says that restart springboard and the spinning wheel in the middle keeps on spinning and didnt go back to the home screen.. what should i do?? thnx

Winterboard doesn’t seem to be working also… The status bar when themed ( meaning not the stock boring grey statusbar where the clock is) turns invisible… the only way i get the status-bar to re-appear is by locking n unlocking where it returns themed again…n then dissapears again.. is this error unique to me, or are other users also getting it, would very much appreciate a reply, thanks in advance…screenshot link of error below

Thanks for all of your great work BigBoss.
I went to 3.0 fairly straightforward last night but aptbackup (restore) started ok but seemingly didn’t work :-(
Is aptbackup (restore) recusrsive i.e. does it go off and configure repos that may not be there before installing he apps.
Is the backup still on my device somewhere ? Can I run a restore from the command line ?
It’s a real shame to loose all of my Cydia bits :-(

Just to clarify, If you uninstall all sources: The error will go away, all the sources will remain and the ifoneguide source will stop trying to be installed (so the error stop) but you wont have the ifoneguide source (the rest will remain).

Bosspref does not work correctly. Here’s what i did.
1. RESTORE OS to 3.0
2. Install redsn0w
3. Install bosspref thru cydia
4. Reboot
5. If i start bosspref with wifi on it will crash/exit
6. Turn off wifi and restart bosspref. It will load but i can’t turn on wifi thru bosspref.
7. Regorganizing bossprefs toggles does not preserve my changes

Five column Springboard needs to go on the not wokring list. It will not install, with Cydia claiming some dependancy is not present or not upgradable. Provably the springbaord version of I had to hazard a guess… Love to have this one back..

Hey guys,
Can anyone explain to me in simple terms how to update the cydia repository or w/e. I do not have the 3 at the end of mine and while I see what you guys are saying to change, I just have no idea how to! Thanks

Also BigBoss, please don’t take this as me complaining, just wanted to report problems I am having. For some reason as well, bluetooth will not turn on through SBsettings or Bossprefs. Thanks for all the hard work!!!!!

Hi, even though Big Boss has the User Agent Faker in the Not Working category, I was able to use it for SOME sites. Big Boss’s site, winandmac.com, and iphonestalk.com have shown up fine. However, there are some that will still give you the iPhone version of the site regardless. Just wanted to report that.

hey, here are some apps that are working in my iphone 3g with custom 3.0 fw (jailbreaked via itunes, not redsnow). in cydia, i added the hackulo repo & installed the appsync 3.0. i was able to sync cracked apps that i downloaded from installous before i upgraded to 3.0.

Turning off wifi fixes the problem, but it crashes again whenever I turn wifi back on. Thanks for the tip though, at least I now have a workaround to modify settings when I need to until it gets patched.

Hi! BigBoss thanks for all your help, but iBlacklist doesn’t work for me, install all good and after setting it up, when I recieve a txt send me to safe mode and I have 3.0-1 even if I disable it send me to safe mode, had to unistall, and all good. Thanks.

Anyone have this problem? Did a successful jailbreak on my iPhone 3G to 3.0 OS. The Camera app doesn’t work right. The thumbnails are all black. They cannot be deleted. New pictures taken do not show up on preview screen, even though the Camera app ‘seems’ to take pictures.

Thanks for all the hard work. I have a little problem with the ScreenNews application. When my wifi is on and i attempt to open this application, it crashes to the springboard but it work fine on on edge. Any advice.

But the EDGE toggle of SBSettings fails. I always get a message ‘data connexion could not be established’ (that’s my translation from german, the original English version may differ). This happens after I have updated to v2.99-5 (while the label still says it’s 2.99-4 btw)

I failed to update Saurik’s repo and updated my AptBackup and ClearCam but kept getting an error with SBSettings and categories update. But now when I tap on Cydia to open it opens for a second, looks like it wants to load, then crashes back to springboard. I know now I need to update Saurik’s repo, but I can’t get into Cydia. I’ve tried rebooting, and turning off and on and still can’t get into cydia. Do I need to rejailbreak again and start from scratch?

Just turn Wifi off, do what you need to change, then turn it back on. Not that big of a deal. Also, I have no idea, I do not program or anything, I just learned this stuff from other users and messing around with my phone all day today. :)

Just wanted to add, categories works, but looks it’s not compatible right now with the integrated spotlight search as it can’t find any apps that are in folders. Quickgold didn’t have this problem – hopefully that’ll be part of the integration work to come. Thanks Bigboss

Big Boss already reported that Spotlight will not launch (find) hidden apps. Of course Apple would make it unfriendly to a jailbreak function, i.e. hiding apps or putting them in folders. That’s a huge reason Big Boss has offered to work on Quickgold. I prefer it over spotlight as well but I think an integration of the two would be even more huge.

iKeyEx and addons (5 row QWERTY, hclipboard) – On the developer’s site, he explains that the whole keyboard code was changed in 3.0 and it will be a while before any updates come out. He also said hclipboard will be discontinued since 3.0 has copy/paste. Grrr, I still want that app.

MobileTerminal – works fine but it’s upside down. Others are reporting the same on the developer’s site.

ifile – works but I can’t connect to it’s webdav server. Could be on my end, haven’t investigated.
discover (similar to ifile)- only works after installing the backwards compatibility package.

Big Boss, html themes not working on lockscreen? Specifically wallpapers, especially if there is a weather widget above them? I have Seattle Live Weather installed, 6 day weather shows up fine but the screen is black. It remains the same despite my trying user lockbackground and deleting the lockbackground.png in the theme. A bug or incompatibility between WinterBoard and 3.0?

Pandora does not seem to like Pandora Controls anymore. When I load Pandora it crashes Springboard into Safe Mode. Pandora will then work fine. Pandora also works fine if I disable Controls through SBSettings Mobile Substrate Addons. Additionally Safe Mode can no longer be exited by tapping the status bar, a feature I remember from 2.x firmware. I did not happen to have Respring on my Springboard and had to reboot but I will be sure to going forward.

Springjumps works fine with the Windows 7 theme. I never use it but it does work. Another app that doesn’t work is the Mobile Music Player flip for iPod touch as well as Zodttd’s emulators but I heard he is updating them and charging for them.

liveclock is not working for me on version 3.0
when i install liveclock, it does not remove the 10:15 picture from the old icon
there are two sets of hands on the clock, one moving and one stationary
any idea how to fix this?

BTW, I have the numeric battery option enabled in SBSettings. The way it used to work was it toggled between numeric and graphic. Now the numeric is always visible to the left of the graphic. Is this an intentional change in behavior or a bug? Thanks!

There is a good reason for Spotlight not finding hidden apps – it’s by design. Essentially, when you hide an app, it goes into a section in the plist that tells SpringBoard that this is a Parental Controlled hidden app. Hence it would not make sense to find an app via Spotlight when the parent hid it for a purpose (ie. hiding the appstore or itunes store so no unauthorized online purchases can take place)

Many thanks to BigBoss and the rest of the dev team for all the hard work!
3G 8GB jailbroken using redsnOw,
Working:
Cydia
Winterboard
SBSettings
Supreme Preferences
Flashlight
Intelliscreen
FiveIconDock
Categories

Listed as working is Voipoverip3g. Now assuming that this actually refers to VoIPover3G then I too can confirm that this is NOT working with Truphone. It worked OK before upgrading to 3.0 but now fails.

I have installed both VoIPover3G & MobileSubstrate &
after some research I took a look at /Library/MobileSubstrate/DynamicLibraries/VoIPover3G.plist & saw that com.truphone.truphone was missing. When ViIPover3G was working with Truphone on V2 I had not needed to edit this file but added the reference to Truphone anyway. It still does not work.

I just looked in the Truphone application bundle & saw that the bundle identifier is com.audiofile.Interstate which is already present in VoIPover3G.plist

The odd thing is that if I delete VoIPover3G.plist which apparently forces all traffic over 3G then Truphone _does_ work over 3G Perhaps the VoiIPover3G application not reading the VoIPover3G.plist correctly?

I jailbroke but many of my iphone and cydia apps were wrapped up in categories folders including CYDIA, WINTERBOARD, INSTALLER, and SETTINGS. So, there is no way for me to re-install APT BACKUP or turn off wifi, etc. I have tried to install CATEGORIES via ICY but it didn’t show I have installed BOSS PREFS and POOF but both crash upon attempting to open. Any suggestions?

does swirlymms 2 & video recorder 3.0 work after updating to 3.0? i already paid $20 for the recorder’s full version, & $12 for swirlymms2 full version! if i update & jailbreak & unlock will my licenses still be valid? will i have to re-pay? do they even work with the 3.0 firmware?

I updated my ipod touch to 3.0 and jailbroke it. Most of my jailbroken apps work. But i really want closebutton widget to work. Whenever
I click close app button or respring of any kind, my ipod goes into safe mode. Any idea when it will be fixed?

PYSL not working on a 2g iPhone running jailbroken OS 3.0. The app installs from Cydia, but just crashes when you run it and bombs out back to the Springboard. Its not on BB’s list above – is anyone else having problems with it? Re-installed OS3.0 three times now to see if it was a bug in my install.

Mine too… This is happening with Cycorder, iPhone Video Recorder, MobileFinder, and uStream Broadcaster…. I’ve corrected the permissions and rebooted, but all of these apps still crash when I try to open them. I’ve spent hours looking for a solution to no avail… Anyone able to help?

Neither of those apps work on 3.0, although SwirlyMMS is definitely being updated to work on OS 3. No idea if any plans are being made to update Video Recorder 3G, but I have heard tales of the video recording capabilities of the 3GS having been partially ported to the 3G, which might make it unnecessary…

First thing I did was reset (already JB 2.2.1 version all settings in General Settings of Iphone (to bring everything back to default settings), Upgraded to 3.0 Version via itunes 8.2 then Jailbreak it using Redsnow Windows Vista and finally unlocked it with Ultrasnow.

I’ve noticed someone saying that the close button widget wasn’t really hard to make. Now I don’t know for sure if that is true. But if it is, can please someone fix the Close Button SBSettings app for 3.0? I really need it. Thanks

I did everything you did but cydia seems buggy? It won’t properly update the upgrades/essentials, and sbsettings wasn’t properly installing either. Not only that, I couldn’t access my contacts or phone. whenever I’d try they would both shut down automatically.

terminal has a bug here.
when I launch it, it switchs its direction so it stands at the head, the keyboard is at the top side and I have to turn around to use it. Sometime it switchs back, sometime not.
A question to backgrounder: How can I get the new (special) version? Cydia doesn’t show me an update.

Hi BigBoss can you cheak Categories in 3 search option app inside folder are not listed on list like QuickGold is that can be done ?? so we can use Categories thanks a lot for your support to all iphone user’s

Same here, no HPCalc on 3.0. In fact, I just went to reinstall it to test a few other things, and it looks like the package has been updated to require “firmware < 3.0″, so I’m assuming BigBoss knows about it despite it not being on the list in this post.

There is a version of Backgrounder for 3.0. I am guessing we have to uninstall the 2.0 version before running APTBackup (for those of us who still haven’t upgraded) for others just uninstall 2.0 version if installed and install the 3.0 version. It’s showing up in Cydia as I type this.

I can also confirm dock2 does not properly under 3.0. Speed dial (whether launched from the bottom dock or sunburst) consistently locks up and sends the phone to safe mode, and normal apps will randomly cause a lock up as well (works sometimes for and other times not).
I absolutely loved using sunbursts for speed dial and last apps, so I hope Nate True or someone else updates dock. (Or if someone could come out with a sunburst only app-that would kick ass, since I don’t really use the bottom dock anyways).

I don’t understand why many of you are saying SBSettings, FiveIconDock, winterboard and anything else that contain MobileSubstrate files work? I’ve jailbroke my phone using Pwnage Tool 3.0 AND the redsn0w and both bricked my phone numerous times by programs that contain MobileSubstrate files. I understand the issue that people had with sbsettings, but I’ve had and continue to have issues with any program that use mobilesubstrate files AS soon as I upgraded to 3.0. My phone’s currently jailbroken, but the only thing I’m using is installous. I’m afraid downloading any other configurations from cydia because it might brick my phone!

Spotlight cant detect apps inside categories. Try springjumps instead. Set each page like categories. You can even change the icons and titles. Also, install transparent pagedots and spotlight icon from cydia. Try it

I’m having the same problem i think, i have had to restore/jbreak numerous times. Because when i reboot after installing mobile substrate dependant apps i.e boss prefs,sbsettings,etc. including “big boss’ reccomended tools” it is sending my phone into reboot circles. i only hope a solution is near..

Hi BigBoss, you are a genius. Full Restore is the best solution, thanks. But I still have a serious unsolved of bluetooth. My iPhone 3G stuck on searching forever. Moreover it drained my battery even when I turn it off, unless I reboot/power off the iphone. Do you have any idea? I used to use iBluetooth (mdevil) before. I have 3G White 16GB, factory unlock. Please help

guys i think i have found out how to bypass the problem with cydia not installing updates properly.

what i did
i have both icy and cydia installed,
clicked on both of the apps for it to allocated the spaces, turn off phone then on it, install bossprefs and cydia in icy, then (cydia should not work)Jailbreak it again with redsn0w then every thing should update fine in cydia.

im not sure if you have to install cydia via icy but i have done it with 3 phones and the updates works fine now.

Hi, This is such a pity! KeyEx and especially the 5rows keyboard is a real must for anybody typing on iPhone… (sms or mail… or notes…)
I can’t understand how Apple let it this way. It’s soooo unhandy. And the 5 rows app was so perfect (with the custom 5th rows and rest…)

Hopefully the developpers come soon with an update.

Can someone tell me the url of it by the way… I’d like to stay tuned..

Um let’s see saurik is getting PAID for the cydia store he makes 10% and that’s gay as fuck so let’s go to icy and fuck him but the dev team is doing a great job and so is everyone else helping to keep the jailbreak community FREE OF COST

I got the 3.0 os repository and its correct but all I get is errors for cydia.. i got a 3g 3.0 os using ultrasn0w.. any help. Icy seem to be always reliable but it does not have the necessary upgrades I’m looking for

oh oh oh holly fooking sit i did it wooaaw
my mistake it was that with restore i did the update,it tooks me 4 days to understand this, how clever am i? so i download again the fw and i push the option key with restore and i had a fresh not updating fw and then i used Redsnow sooooo cooool
thanks Master BB and all the DevTeam and all Hackers
and me and you
cheers will talk to the next upgrade

i’m posting here for fist time therefore i want to thank to bigboss for his great job.

i’m here because i have a little problem with numeric battery indicator.
i use iphone 3g with apple bluetooth headset very often. this accessories works
great with the iphone. when you connect the headset to the phone it enables
battery indicator on the left side of phone battery icon in the springboard.
problem is that the numeric battery feature also changes this headset indicator to
some numeric value (not % of battery ).

Can I ask which Notifier app is working for you now? Is it the “Notifier” app written by Spektro and hosted by BigBoss & Planet-iPhones, or is it the “StatusNotifier” app written by Zotyo” and hosted by ModMyi?

Update i just installed Notifier hosted by BigBoss and its working great on 3.0 i am also going to use the icons from Statusnotifier as they are smarter looking than the stock ones with Notifier :)
very happy now :)

Is Poof working fine? I decided not to use/install BossPrefs or SBSettings, and I want to install Poof on its own, and wondering if its working fine? Is there another program that is recommended instead of Poof that may be better? Thanks.

TO EVERYONE WHO COMPLAINS THAT AN APP LISTED TO WORK DOESN’T WORK ON THEIR IPOD/IPHONE-
Before you say, “How did you get that to work??” Try restarting your ipod or iphone, for me that fixed just about every issue I had, and by restart I mean, turn your ipod off… then turn it on, don’t just respring it and say done. Believe it or not, rebooting things usually fixes them, ipod, iphone, computer, i.e. electronics.

Yes. It worked fine for me. But when I asked a question about it, I got a reply from BigBoss that BossPrefs is no longer being supported. So if it works good for you, great, if not, no support is offered. I decided to uninstall and get rid of BossPrefs. No sense in having something that won’t be updated or supported if I have a problem.

As others mentioned, the SMS themes & Keyboard themes in Winterboard aren’t working for me, and also awaiting FontSwap to be compatible.

One question I do have… Okay, so previously I had a first gen iPhone, and used AptBackup and of course backed up my phone on iTunes. Last night after jailbreaking and doing a restore, I got back all of my contacts from my old phone onto my new 3GS, and then I downloaded AptBackup, without thinking about whether that would be an issue. I tried to run it, and I got the spinning wheel of death, it would never complete. Then my iPhone went into the neverending reboot cycle… I tried several restores, and finally got it into recovery mode to do a restore.

So I’m guessing I shouldn’t try to run AptBackup now, considering it’s trying to install stuff I had on my older phone onto my new one, and obviously some aren’t compatible, maybe causing my phone to go into that cycle? :(

I restored my iphone 3g v3 through Itunes.
After running redsnow, the wifi does not get detected. Therefore the iphone is all frozen as I cannot install ultrasnow and therefore unlock. In the general settings “about” the wifi address and blue tooth is detailed. But the iphone does not detect any wifi network. Previously it used to.
Can you please help how can I get my iphone to work again and has any hardware problem developed?

Me too on this one. Very annoying. Camera seems to take photos but they aren’t stored in camera roll. SSH’d into phone and got rid of black thumbnails but still can’t take new ones.
BigBoss can you help please?

they(apple) changed some foldernames like sms-to-messages but nobody has come up with the png. filename for a sms theme yet(the same for custom keyboards).
You can edit the system file if you like but for me it sound too permanent.

Hello. If anyone can help with this I would be very grateful. When installing mobile log from xsellize repo, I get the following error during install: sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Hi there,
Would like to know whether theres an alternative to Bosstool for firmware 3.0 as I really need to relocate my apps and fonts. Im getting error “firmware not found >>3.0″ when installing it from Icy….Please help…Thanks.

i am using iphone2G 3.0 OS.which is jailbroked through cydia.i have installed Ibluetooth application and unistalled it again through cydia.but the 2 bluetooth symbols next to the battery meter on the iphone are not going.they are still displaying.please give me solution for removal of that two bluetooth symbols on the iphone2G phone.

Hi need some help with Pkg Backup. I’ve 3.1.10 version and every time that I start the application it simple do the scanning all packages and them closes to springboard. Any tips to solve this problem?

I installed the SBSCHEDULE with RINGER/SILENCE toggle in sbsetting….but I found that some problems. Example: I set a ringer/3G/Location/Push off in 0000-0600 then another schedule is 0300 just respring only(means just add a new schedule and click “on” respring and don’t set any toggles in sbschedule) my iphone. After that I found that’s just ringer “ON” again in SBsetting. So please fix this problem….I don’t want to set only respring but this process will reset my setting….Thank You so much!!!!

Insomnia is a bit buggy or to say it conretely I’m not able to turn it off and it drains my battery life so fcukin much and fast. I turn it on (casually the icon doesnt appear only a “blank”) and it worx as it should but then I turn it off doesn’t matter if it’s via SBS or with the Insomnia GUI but it keeps running and I’m still connected to WIFI or whatever and I would be very thankful if you could fix that because except of restoring I cant do anything and that rly sux =/ (the funny thing is “This version of Insomnia runs as a background daemon meaning it survives reboots and Springboard restars…well I didn’t know if that’s good or bad now :DD) So…I would be VERY thankful if you could fix that…

i am trying to change my password on my iphone 3gs in the terminol i have tryed the alpine and all suggested password. but n none have worked. if anyone have any suggestions on how i could solve. this i will be very grateful

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